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Cooling System Repositioning

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72 LSA Supercharged Monte Carlo Gets NASCAR Wheels, New LED Headlights, and Heat Exchanger Install!

What happens here

With the grille removed, the heat exchanger and transmission cooler can be accessed. First, remove the old, 'janky' radiator fan, which was previously zip-tied in place and used mismatched wiring. Then, adjust the position of the existing radiator within its cradle by loosening its mounting bolts and sliding it back to create more room. Carefully fit the LSX heat exchanger and transmission cooler side-by-side in the available space. The goal is to avoid stacking them or having them rub, ensuring adequate airflow to both units. Once positioned, secure them.

Goal: Properly position the heat exchanger and transmission cooler for optimal fitment and airflow.

Tools and materials

  • Alternator Wire — Old 'Walmart speaker wire' to be replaced
  • Drill DeWalt — Removing mounting hardware
  • Heat Exchanger LSX — Cooling component to be installed
  • Radiator Fan — Old fan system to be removed
  • Radiator — Original radiator to be adjusted
  • Transmission Cooler — Cooling component to be installed
  • Zip Ties — Securing old fan (to be removed)

What they say

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i didn't take the grill out to do it because i was lazy and there's enough room in here to have both but with the hood latch on here the heat exchanger will not fit in here and there's really nowhere else to put it because there's not that much frontal area on this thing so we're going to have to stack them or get creative with it somehow easier to do with the grille off changing headlights i had some that don't fit in there i'm not going to keep missing making holes so it's going to get some different ones that do fit oh you like this jank fan yeah i like those zip ties the way it's so tight on there yeah we're gonna have to fix that too i wanna laugh on that and announce it to everybody no it's it's okay this was like last minute drag week stuff four years ago this fan is actually left over here from the big block which had an electric water pump and no thermostat so it ran really cool all the time didn't need much fancy uh something that's not there anymore i don't even know yeah something not not too sure and we have to redo this should anyways the alternator wire should not be like this walmart speaker power wire but it's the only stuff i had laying around we were out of time once again all the reason to not butcher things together at the last minute because you deal with the repercussions of that for years like we are now years don't do it do it right we can use the old fans from uncle rob on this thing remember the two that we had zipped in the radiator and we took out i don't remember where i put them they're in the box over there with the random uncle rob stuff yeah so we'll put those on here they'll do just fine they kept uncle rob cool i'll keep this thing cool too what is that peach mango oh that pink koozie fooled me we got something cool going on with rowdy energy if you're not familiar with that that's uh kyle busch's deal so check them out on social media we're gonna be doing a giveaway with them soon and license plates we're messing with license plates and vinyl cutter stuff it's gonna go in the front of uncle george but we think we might make these legit because it's funny and it matches the icy teddy shirt this edge is in danger of being chipped also so i'm just gonna throw some tape on top of here great precision yep so we got these bolts up here and if i remember correctly there's a few down here also that are harder to get to i don't know if you can see them i like how old cars are just so haphazardly put together with nutserts and…

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